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Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala)

Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala)
Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala)

About Red-headed Tanager (Piranga erythrocephala)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Tanagers and Allies

The red-headed tanager is a medium-sized American songbird in the family Cardinalidae, the cardinals or cardinal grosbeaks, endemic to Mexico. Comprising two subspecies, it is around 15 cm (5.9 in) long. Males have predominantly yellow-olive plumage with a red head and throat and females have yellow forecrowns.

Source: Wikipedia

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  • 2020-02-01

    San Sebastian del Oeste, Mexico
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  • 2024-04-01

    La Pasionaria, Mexico